After twenty-three years, they were finally wed. For most of the day, a light and excited happiness permeated everyone’s spirits. I was immediately welcomed by Neil and Tom as we headed to Central Park, and I was warmly introduced to some of their closest friends. The wedding would be a small, intimate gathering and a lunch reception, so it felt…
My friend Cynthia is an incredibly talented musician and all-around creative. We got together at Hotel Rex in San Francisco’s Union Square for some glamorous portraits to help promote her new jazz solo show. With a mix of stage photos and some sultry rooftop shots, I love the look and feel we were able to…
Welcome to my newest personal project, a series of “mood shoots.” For these shoots, I wanted to explore a certain look and feel in my portraiture, working with light and shadow, styling, and directing. As with all my personal projects, I just sort of dream up these ideas and form a vision in my mind, and…
I met Stanford almost exactly two years ago when I visited Philadelphia. Stan does awesome work heading an organization called Play On, Philly! (POP). It’s a wonderful after school orchestra program for elementary and middle school students. Stan was visiting San Francisco this weekend, so I met with him briefly for some new headshots and…
I’ve been looking forward to this lovely portrait session for almost a year since our last shoot together. Shau-Ru and Ed are always plotting little getaways and romantic gestures for each other that are just so sweet. It’s a true joy to see what Shau-Ru dreams up for each of our shoots. For their second…
It’s our little tradition to document Jenny and Kevin’s love story and to create a beautiful leather album every year. For this, our fifth shoot together, we opted to document a slice of their lives in their first home together, which we have lovingly dubbed the “Yauhaus” (after their last name, Yau). We started with…
A mile up the road from the lodge, we made the right turn. We wound down a short gravel road as the dust kicked up and painted golden beams of sunlight in the air. At the end of the path, a clearing– a spectacular clearing, with a canyon full of evergreens lit in the background….
Julie and Jeremy first met when their projects converged at Google. Actually, Julie had to pull a few strings to get Jeremy onto her project, but he finally helped her turn the Google Maps cursor into a panda bear for an April Fools joke. And as they tell it, it was love at first site….
Talya is as gorgeous as ever. After a year on her Fullbright scholarship in Latvia, she is now in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, launching her opera career from the artists diploma program at the College Conservatory of Music. Brains, beauty, and talent. It’s crazy the trajectories our paths have taken since college, but it’s…
A lovely story, as told by our couple themselves: Once upon a time, there was a cute little hot dog stand in the lovely college town of Berkeley, CA that went by the name of Top Dog where our couple had their very first date. They shared a few laughs and maybe a napkin (or…
What an incredibly special wedding for a very special couple. All of the details were perfectly personal to them, including vintage birding table cards to reflect their love of birding, and the overall “1920s Paris” theme to reflect their year in Paris together and their love of all things historical. But the absolute best part…
Absolutely everything about Emma and Phil’s wedding was charming. The venue was a culinary institute in the heart of wine country. The colors and all of the flowers were beautiful. And most of all, the bride and groom were so obviously in love and kept tearing up throughout the day. I am so glad to…